Durg Lok Sabha constituency

Durg
CG-7
Durg ; CG-7
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
Assembly constituencies	Patan ; Durg Gramin ; Durg City ; Bhilai Nagar ; Vaishali Nagar ; Ahiwara ; Saja ; Bemetara ; Navagarh
Established	1952
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Vijay Baghel
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Last updated December 07, 2024

Durg Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 11 Lok Sabha constituencies in Chhattisgarh state in central India.

Assembly segments

While most Lok Sabha seats in MP and Chhattisgarh have 8 assembly seats as their segments, Durg and Raipur seats in Chhattisgarh have nine assembly segments under them, and Chhindwara and Satna Lok Sabha seats in MP have only 7 segments under them.

Durg Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following nine assembly segments:^[1]^[2]

#	Name	District	Member
62	Patan	Durg	Bhupesh Baghel	INC	BJP
63	Durg Gramin		Lalit Chandrakar	BJP	BJP
64	Durg City		Gajendra Yadav	BJP	BJP
65	Bhilai Nagar		Devender Singh Yadav	INC	BJP
66	Vaishali Nagar		Rikesh Sen	BJP	BJP
67	Ahiwara (SC)		Domanlal Korsewada	BJP	BJP
68	Saja	Bemetara	Ishwar Sahu	BJP	BJP
69	Bemetara		Dipesh Sahu	BJP	BJP
70	Navagarh (SC)		Dayaldas Baghel	BJP	BJP

Members of Parliament

Year	Winner
1952	Wasudeo S Kirolikar	Indian National Congress
	Guru Gosain Agam Dasji
	Bhagwati Charan Shukla
1957	Mohan Lal Baklial
1962	Mohan Lal Baklial
1967	Vishwanath Tamaskar
1968^	Chandulal Chandrakar
1971	Chandulal Chandrakar
1977	Mohan Jain	Janata Party
1980	Chandulal Chandrakar	Indian National Congress (I)
1984	Chandulal Chandrakar	Indian National Congress
1989	Purushottam Kaushik	Janata Dal
1991	Chandulal Chandrakar	Indian National Congress
1996	Tarachand Sahu	Bharatiya Janata Party
1998
1999
2004
2009	Saroj Pandey
2014	Tamradhwaj Sahu	Indian National Congress
2019	Vijay Baghel	Bharatiya Janata Party
2024	Vijay Baghel	Bharatiya Janata Party

^ by poll

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general election: Durg ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vijay Baghel	956,497	62.00	0.98
	INC	Rajendra Sahu	518,271	33.59	0.73
	NOTA	None of the Above	5,617	0.36	N/A
Majority			438,226	28.41	0.25
Turnout			1,542,787	N/A
	BJP hold		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Durg
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vijay Baghel	849,374	61.02	+17.01
	INC	Pratima Chandrakar	4,57,396	32.86	−12.49
	BSP	Geetanjali Singh	20,124	1.45
	SRDP	Hidar Bhati	12,107	0.87
Majority			3,91,978	28.16
Turnout			13,92,719	71.78
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2014

2014 Indian general elections: Durg
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Tamradhwaj Sahu	570,687	45.35
	BJP	Saroj Pandey	5,53,839	44.01
	AAP	Vishwa Ratna Sinha	17,455	1.39
	Independent	Arun Joshi	16,529	1.31
	BSP	Munna Chandrakar	15,600	1.24
Majority			16,848	1.34
Turnout			12,59,142	67.74
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2009

2009 Indian general elections: Durg
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Saroj Pandey	2,83,170	31.27
	INC	Pradeep Choubey	2,73,216	30.17
	Independent	Tarachand Sahu	2,61,879	28.92
	Independent	Shitkaran Mhilwar	17,928	2.01
	BSP	Raghunandan Sahu	17,760	1.96
	Independent	Anand Gautam	14,968	1.65
Majority			9,954	1.10
Turnout			9,06,337	55.93
	BJP hold		Swing

2004

2004 Indian general elections: Durg
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Tarachand Sahu	3,82,757	50.24
	INC	Bhupesh Baghel	3,21,289	42.17
	BSP	Shri Mataji	17,935	2.35
	Independent	Manharan Singh Chhedaiha	17,928	2.35
	Independent	Bharat Bhushan Pandey	8,078	1.06
	Independent	Balvinder Singh	3,462	0.45
	Independent	R.D. Jogansh	2,209	0.29
	IJP	Kitan Noni Urf Kiran Beti	2,185	0.29
	SP	Sheikh Rasool	2,155	0.28
	Independent	Ashok Kumar Rajput	1,988	0.26
	Independent	Arun Joshi	1,829	0.24
Majority			61,468
Turnout			7,61,815	52.08
	BJP hold		Swing

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References

↑ "CandidateAC.xls file on assembly constituencies with information on district and parliamentary constituencies". Chhattisgarh. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
↑ "Final notification on delimitation of Chhattisgarh constituencies" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. 2008-06-02. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-12-29. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
↑ Election Commission of India (4 June 2024). "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Durg". Archived from the original on 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.

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[1] "CandidateAC.xls file on assembly constituencies with information on district and parliamentary constituencies". Chhattisgarh. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2008-11-22.

[2] "Final notification on delimitation of Chhattisgarh constituencies" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. 2008-06-02. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-12-29. Retrieved 2008-11-23.

[2024_Loksabha_Elections_Results_-_Durg-3] Election Commission of India (4 June 2024). "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Durg". Archived from the original on 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.

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v t e Lok Sabha constituencies of Chhattisgarh
Before Delimitation	Bastar Bilaspur Durg Janjgir Kanker Mahasamund Raigarh Raipur Rajnandgaon Sarangarh Sarguja
Current	Bastar Bilaspur Durg Janjgir–Champa Kanker Korba Mahasamund Raigarh Raipur Rajnandgaon Sarguja